Chapter 376 Kingdom Assembly During the War (3)

What interested Publius even more was that the Chancellor of the Exchequer also explained in detail how the revenue from the treasury was used this year, how much was used for the remuneration of officials of the kingdom, and how much was used for Public buildings, how much money is spent on school education in the kingdom, how much money is spent on the purchase of rations, how much money is spent on armament manufacturing...

Merses was very familiar with these numbers on stage, but Publius was amazed off stage. He was also considered to be a rich administrative experience. The usage is very delicate.

Moreover, the next scene surprised him even more.

After Mersis finished speaking, some elders and representatives of parliamentarians questioned the use of a certain fee. Although Mersis looked impatient, he explained in detail one by one, and he did not return to his seat until no one asked any more questions.

Publius let out a sigh of relief. Even if he was just watching, he felt a little nervous. He initially realized that it might not be easy to hold power in the Kingdom of Dionia. Supervision and questioning like this Although it is also available in the Roman Senate, it will never be so detailed. This requires the person in charge to have good management skills, and to avoid the common behind-the-scenes transactions in the city-state as much as possible. The summary was successfully concluded, but if one of his answers makes everyone dissatisfied, I am afraid it will not be so easy to pass the test...

Publius recalled the meeting of the Dionysian tribunes that Tibrus had mentioned before, and began to alert in his heart: This is Dionia, not Rome, and you must be careful when you hold public office. !

The next person who walked to the center of the venue was the Minister of Agriculture, Burkes, whose speech was quite encouraging.

First of all, after experiencing a drought, in September last year, the entire kingdom's agriculture achieved a bumper harvest, which greatly eased the dilemma of insufficient military rations, and also freed the people from the shadow of the drought. And Burcos then mentioned: the eastern plains of Campania and most of Latium were merged into the kingdom, adding xxx acres of fertile flat land, allocating xxx acres to the people who migrated there, and the remaining xxx acres Mu of land, what measures did the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture take to help the newly relocated people use these land faster...

In addition, he mentioned the three regions of Syracuse, Sardinia and western Sicily, which, although not completely settled, the Ministry of Agriculture has already started planning for the land there…

Burkes's speech was met with applause, but everyone was eager to ask questions, mainly about whether young citizens in their towns who had not grown up very long could get a share of the newly occupied land.

The Ministry of Agriculture had considered this for a long time, so Burkes answered quite easily.

Although Birx's mention of the topic of "Latin distribution of land" caused Publius to feel a bit of grief,

But he also lamented that the Dionysian leadership was indeed taking the initiative to consider allocating land to every citizen.

Next came the Minister of Commerce, Marigi, a Persian with a distinctive appearance that made Publius take a serious look with curiosity.

Mariji's speech at the beginning was as expected by everyone. The war had a great impact on the kingdom's commerce and trade. In the past year, the number of merchant ships traveling to and from the seaport cities has decreased significantly, and the markets in various places have become depressed... Everyone can see it, the decline of business. Not surprised.

Marighi then mentioned that the acquisition of the Latinum region, the whole of Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia greatly expanded the trade circle of the Dionysian Kingdom in the Western Mediterranean and entered the field of precious metal trade, This will inevitably lead to greater development of the kingdom's commerce and trade after the war, and the alliance between the kingdom and Egypt will make the trade between the two countries closer and deeper, and the commerce and trade of the Eastern Mediterranean will also be further improved...

Of course, Marigi is only talking about a rough idea here. Before the end of this conference, the various departments of the kingdom are looking forward to the work of the new year, and he will talk about it in more detail.

But even so, some local councillors from businessmen have actively raised their concerns, and Mariji has given satisfactory answers.

The next person to play is Raphias, the Minister of Household Registration. During this war, the Household Registration Department was also a busy department. Citizens and even freedmen were recruited to participate in the war as soldiers or as laborers for transportation. They made contributions in the war. , or be punished... All of these must be recorded one by one. Because of the large number of people participating in the war, this is an extremely large and complicated job. Therefore, the Ministry of Household Registration has the largest number of public officials in all departments, and there are many copyists and recorders. And the file administrator, with these detailed citizen files, other departments have a basis for reference, so that they can barely meet the requirement of "reward for merit and punishment" for citizens put forward by Davers.

In Raphias's narrative, everyone knows that the casualties of the Dionysian people in this war are not only soldiers on the battlefield, but also ordinary people, such as the Dawney area that was invaded by the Samonais , the plains of Catania destroyed by the Carthaginians, the Apulia region attacked by the remnants of the land, and so on.

Therefore, the number of casualties given by Raphias is much higher than that given by the Ministry of Military Affairs, but the total population of the kingdom in the new statistics is still a little more than the previous year. What is the reason? That's because the population of these areas newly incorporated into the kingdom has increased. The city of Rome alone has brought more than 50,000 people to Dionia, and a lot of people have returned to Syracuse. In addition, there are The surrendered city-states such as Viai, Kesreira, Alenia, and Santa Ibinia have added more than 100,000 populations.

In addition, the number of public servants in the Slave Management Office under the Ministry of Household Registration also doubled during the year. Romans, Latins, Syracuses, Carthaginians, Phoenicians... The family and family became the slaves of the Kingdom of Dionia, which greatly alleviated the problem of labor shortage in the kingdom this year.

But at the same time, this also brought great pressure to the management of slaves by the household registration department. Raphias also told the turmoil caused by slaves and the casualties of officials of the household registration department without hesitation. In a few days, he will pass the issue of "increasing the number of officials in the household registration department and increasing the slave guard team" proposed at the Kingdom Assembly, and lay an ambush in advance.

Publius listened very carefully to Raphias' story, because it involved the Roman compatriots who became slaves, and he also asked the first question after his story, asking the current situation and future of Roman slaves. possibility of expulsion.

Considering that Publius had just joined the kingdom, Raphias explained to him in detail the kingdom's management of public servants: slaves had simple but clean accommodation, and food for two meals a day was guaranteed. Heavy physical labor or even three meals, and occasionally meat is given. When sick, there is a special doctor responsible for treatment. Those who have families will not be separated. As long as they complete the task seriously and do not become hostile to the management staff, they cannot be beaten and scolded at will. And it is not forbidden to combine male and female slaves... Slaves who perform well in the first year will receive a small monthly salary from the second year, and if they continue to perform well, they may be listed in the third year. on the list to watch until finally being freed at the Hades Celebration...

Raphias also specially emphasized: out of reverence for Hades, at the same time, many of the officials of the slave management office are slaves, and there are random inspections by the Ministry of Supervision, and the management of public efforts has always been strictly in accordance with The law is enforced, and the slaves are living well; on the contrary, the kingdom can only check the private slaves on a monthly basis, and their living conditions are worse...

After Publius heard this, the guilt in his heart eased slightly. In fact, he knew that these Roman slaves lived in the slave camps north of Rome, on the banks of the Tino River, but he never thought to visit, because it would only be cursed, not grateful.

The next player to play is the construction minister, the little Heraclid. Since the kingdom invested all the revenue of the treasury into the war consumption, the construction and maintenance of domestic public buildings have stopped, but this does not mean that the little Heraclid does not have what to say.

The reconstruction of the old city of Rome is a key point. Although Publius has personally experienced the process of reconstruction in Rome, it is another experience for him to consider the reconstruction of the entire Roman city from the perspective of a planner. So he listened carefully.

In addition, Little Heraclid also mentioned that after these new territories were merged into the kingdom, the construction of their roads was already being planned. When the spring sowing was over, the construction department would organize labor and prepare funds, so that the roads of the kingdom would be built as soon as possible. Extend to these territories in order to make it easier to communicate with the kingdom's old territories, and more conducive to the kingdom's governance of them.

The minister who appeared next not only made the local councillors fear, but the elders also often felt anxious in their hearts. He was the Minister of Supervision, Sesta.

The high-ranking official of the kingdom who had punished many officials and was called "Radamandas under the sun" by the public stopped in the center of the venue, and the entire venue became much quieter. Perhaps because he has been engaged in monitoring work all the year round, he has developed a cold and chilling temperament.

However, in his summary of the supervision work last year, in fact, compared with previous years, there were fewer officials of the kingdom punished by the Ministry of Supervision. One of the important reasons was because of the war. Because of this huge war, the entire kingdom was in a state of emergency mobilization. , making mistakes at this time will be doubled, so few people dare to hit the gun at this critical juncture.